Pedro Gamarro

Pedro Gamarro
Personal information
Full name Pedro José Gamarro
Nationality  Venezuela
Born (1955-01-08) January 8, 1955
Machiques, Venezuela
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Welterweight

Pedro Gamarro (born January 8, 1955) is a retired boxer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division (– 67 kg) after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He also won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in his home country.

1976 Olympic results

Below are the results of Pedro Gamarro, a Venezuelan welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: Defeated Marijan Beneš (Yugoslavia) by decision, 5-0
  • Round of 16: Defeated Emilio Correa (Cuba) referee stopped contest in the third round
  • Quarterfinal: Defeated Clint Jackson (United States) by decision, 3-2
  • Semifinal: Defeated Reinhard Skricek (West Germany) by decision, 3-2
  • Final: Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) by decision, 2-3 (was awarded silver medal)

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